CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 EARLY KNOWLEDGE METHOD OF RESEARCH. 



Museums and Exhibitions Common knowledge and science Con- 

 crete and abstract knowledge Utility, an incentive of science 

 Chaldasan and Egyptian sciences Early Greek philosophers 

 Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras Plato's de- 

 ductive process Aristotle's Induction His syllogism His 

 knowledge of natural history, physiology, psychology, astronomy, 

 physics, politics, etc. Founder of the Objective Method . 



CHAPTER II. 

 SCIENCE IN ANTIQUITY. 



Drawbacks to progress mathematics ; instruments ; slavery ; con- 

 tempt for industry ; climate ; preconceived theories^ material 

 substances ; political economy Interaction of the sciences 

 Necessary elements of progress means of transport ; per- 

 petuation of ideas ; transformation of the Earth's surface ; 

 health and morality ; social and international intercourse 

 Great advances in antiquity despite drawbacks . . . . 15 



CHAPTER III. 

 PROGRESS IN ANTIQUITY. 



Discoveries of the Greeks from Hippocrates to Ptolemy The 



Alexandrian school The Museum The Serapion . . .19 



CHAPTER IV. 

 PROGRESS AMONG THE ARABS. 



Science in Persia The Arabians become the custodians of science 

 Character of the Arabian civilisation The Khalifs The 

 Arabian cities Houses and palaces Schools Arts of life 

 Wealth, luxury, revenue Industry and commerce Liberal 



